"The Strangers" Review (Spoilers)

I'm going to start reviewing movies and such. This one will be quick, but maybe I can expand on others in the future.

The Strangers tells the terrifying tale of a home invasion by psychopathic killers. The movie succeeds in mostly giving us long, suspenseful scares rather than the cheap screamers most modern horrow films pump out. It's unfortunately blocked out by how ridiculously stupid the two victims are. I understand that this a a scary movie cliche, but these people are pure idiots. The man is pretty trigger-happy. He shoots his best friend when he comes to investigate. The idiot then just leaves Liv Tyler's character in the house alone as he runs through the pitch-black woods searching for baddies.

Another beef I have with the movie is the crappy acting. Liv Tyler seems dead throughout the whole movie - partially due to relationship problems in the movie, but you'd think she would forget that when three murderers break into their house. Neither of them seem to react the way a normal person would in their situation. They never seem to panic and are way too calm throughout the whole thing.

I don't want to sound like a complainer, but the ending wasn't so great either. The two are finally captured by the strangers, duck-taped to chairs, and stabbed to death. I would have liked to see the bad guys (really a guy and two girls) picked off by the victims one by one, making way for a dramatic fight with the last killer. Oh well.

All in all, it's a scary movie with terrible acting and stupid characters that take away from the overall feel of the movie.

Final Verdict: 3/5